::REVIEWS:: 2013 Secret Mixtape project

[Lament]

I was thinking about starting a new thread to do the weekly mixtape review we were talking about so that it wouldn't take away from doing a full exchange once every few months. Should I hold off on that for now?

[Alex]

i'm in either way

[super nintendo chalmers]

Whatever works for you. It's easy for me say "let's go" and not have to do any of the leg work, so what ever makes your life simpler, go for it.

[Alex]

Whatever works for you. It's easy for me say "let's go" and not have to do any of the leg work, so what ever makes your life simpler, go for it.

don't be modest--you're no stranger to the grind

[LetMeSleep]

So I have a mix that starts with PJ Harvey into Lykke Li (Rich Kid Blues) and I have no idea who made it or what the exact tracklist is. Anyone know of this?

[Lament]

That's mine.

(You're shocked, I can tell)

Let me find the tracklisting...

[Lament]

1. Black Hearted Love - PJ Harvey & John Parish
2. Rich Kids Blues - Lykke Li
3. When I'm Small - Phantogram
4. I'm Not Your Baby - U2 with Sinead O'Connor
5. Automatic - Dead Disco
6. Shot By Both Sides - Magazine
7. Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate) - Mansun
8. Faster - Manic Street Preachers
9. Shoot Speed/Kill Light - Primal Scream
10. Watch the World Go Dark - Night Terrors of 1927
11. Stay Gold - The Big Pink
12. White Traffic - Vue
13. When the Fire Comes - Jeff Ament with Joseph Arthur
14. Cosplay the Hard Way - Blue Sky Archives
15. Disintegration - Jimmy Eat World

[LetMeSleep]

This is the mix I had tagged as the first secret mix and you guys were all talking about Americana. Sure I hade little sleep just after Elsie was born but I thought, really?

I have enjoyed some of that, Lament. I'll listen again after I've plowed thru the 9 secret mixes.

[LetMeSleep]

If I had shazamed it all it would have been obvious.

[Lament]

Haha, yeah, Americana it is not.

Glad you enjoyed some of it though!

[LetMeSleep]

A friend swore by Mansun's first album and I never got it. Thanks for posting the tracklist dude.

[Lament]

The first Mansun album is amazing, though I feel like you'd prefer the second one, Six. It's very different (the Mansun track on here is from Six).

[E.H. Ruddock]

BUMP. Alex still owes me a review

[Higgs]

Nice bump. We should do this again, but with lament's suggestion on the last page - making a mix to post here rather than making a mix for a specific person.

[Jorge]

Alright, fine. Let’s get this done. Like a band-aid, right off.

“Intro” – the XX:
“L.I.A.B.” – Onra:
“Scenic World” – Beirut: almost physically repulsive
“Over the Love” – Florence and the Machine: even worse
“Crown on the Ground” – Sleigh Bells: deeply unpleasant
“Latch (Album Version)” – Disclosure: (26 sec skip)
“Wildfire” – SBTRKT: (37 sec skip)
“Happy Up Here” – Royskopp (5 sec skip)
“Sultan’s Request” – Flying Lotus: look, this isn’t really my thing, but it’s better than anything else on this mix by miles
“Soldier” – Erykah Badu: *shrug*

I could imagine someone uncritically tolerating this largely featureless, unremarkable collection of sounds as they might the reassuringly bland artwork in a doctor’s office but to express genuine preference this music, above all other potential options, is frankly mind-boggling.

Hahaha what an asshole

[Birds in Hell]

Alright, fine. Let’s get this done. Like a band-aid, right off.

“Intro” – the XX:
“L.I.A.B.” – Onra:
“Scenic World” – Beirut: almost physically repulsive
“Over the Love” – Florence and the Machine: even worse
“Crown on the Ground” – Sleigh Bells: deeply unpleasant
“Latch (Album Version)” – Disclosure: (26 sec skip)
“Wildfire” – SBTRKT: (37 sec skip)
“Happy Up Here” – Royskopp (5 sec skip)
“Sultan’s Request” – Flying Lotus: look, this isn’t really my thing, but it’s better than anything else on this mix by miles
“Soldier” – Erykah Badu: *shrug*

I could imagine someone uncritically tolerating this largely featureless, unremarkable collection of sounds as they might the reassuringly bland artwork in a doctor’s office but to express genuine preference this music, above all other potential options, is frankly mind-boggling.

Hahaha what an asshole

I’m sorry.

I stand by the review, though.

[Birds in Hell]

We should do this again.

[Birds in Hell]

Well the mix I got is pretty boring. I hear some good shit, but it is all pretty boring. I haven't even finished it yet, have got about half way through a couple times. I think this is jazz, slow jazz. I'm kinda disappointed, I was hoping for some new music I could regularly listen to. I'll dk a review sometime.

Sorry it wasn't your thing, man!

What was your tracklist

RM Mix - December 2013

1. "Dream Gypsy" - Bill Evans & Jim Hall (Undercurrent,1962)
2. "Locomotive" - Thelonious Monk (Straight, No Chaser, 1967)
3. "The Rain" - Eddie Gale (Ghetto Music, 1968)
4. "A Letter in Birch Bark" - Hexvessel (No Holier Temple, 2012)
5. "Falling Asleep" - Christoph Berg (Paraphrases, 2012)
6. "The Boys II" - The Necks (The Boys, 1998)
7. "Sketch 4" - Tim Hecker (Dropped Pianos, 2011)
8. "The Real Devil" - Zelionople (The World is a House on Fire, 2012)
9. "It's Raining Today" - Scott Walker (Scott 3, 1969)
10. "I have become almost invisible" - The Caretaker (Patience (After Sebald), 2012)
11. "The Lost Day" - Brian Eno (Ambient 4: On Land, 1982)
12. "Maximum Black" - Bohren & der Club of Gore (Black Earth, 2002)

MP3

I still listen to this mix from time to time but totally forgot it originated from this thread.

[Brett]

Nice bump. We should do this again, but with lament's suggestion on the last page - making a mix to post here rather than making a mix for a specific person.

Yeah, I'd be cool with that, though I'm not sure if we have enough active posters in Other Bands anymore to make it worthwhile for long. For what it's worth, we did realize Lament's suggestion for a few months in 2014: http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... f=6&t=4039. It was pretty fun.

[Higgs]

Oh yeah! Same players I see. Happy to go round again.